Václav Havel's Life    
 1948  
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1948
Following the communist putsch, the family is persecuted, their property is confiscated and individual members are prosecuted. Uncle Miloš emigrates. Václav and Ivan Havel are barred from studying for class background reasons. Václav does an apprenticeship as a chemistry lab assistant (1953) and passes does his school leaving exams by correspondence while employed (1954).
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